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Chill and have a Halo-halo

Good day planet Earth!

Today, let’s talk about the Philippine Halo-Halo .

Halo-halo (“mixed together”) is a popular Filipino dessert with mixtures of shaved ice and evaporated milk to which are added various boiled sweet beans, jello and fruits. It is served in a tall glass or bowl.

This is then sprinkled with sugar, and topped with either (or a combination of) leche flan, purple yam (ubeng pula), or ice cream. Evaporated milk is poured into the mixture upon serving.

Okay I admit, for me, the top of the list is Razon’s of Guagua.

When I first saw it, my first impression is not good.

The thing is not colorful. It looks pale and sick.

I viewed the contents below the glass and I cannot recognize anything.

The only thing I can recognize is the Leche Flan toppings.

I said to myself, this cannot be good, bordering to downright insulting.

It’s like the chef is toying with your mind.

Time to try it.

I ate the toppings first. That’s just my style. The ice is so smooth and fluffy. The mixture at the bottom is heavenly. The combination of milk to sugar to ice and to contents is brilliant.

The art of alchemy at its finest.

Some people will disagree violently at this.

“Well you haven’t tasted this, you haven’t tried that!” Some would say.

Yah, point taken. But if your halo -halo is really good, I am pretty sure it’s got similarities to this.

And let me talk about consistency. If you really are aiming to be on top of the Halo-halo food chain, your Halo-halo should come up almost same every time. Unlike in some shops where when the master chef is not around, the food tastes different.

I hope you got my point.

Moving on. In Laguna, I stumbled upon another popular Halo-halo.

My friend took me to try this and it was quite popular as TV already covered this at one time.
Aleng Taleng’s Halo Halo is one of the BEST if not the best [at least according to one TV show].

The presentation is not very inviting. Not colorful or fancy.
I tasted it. Promising. There is something on top. The waitress told me it’s candied coconut pulp.